- Nickels appearance in it's pure form can be described as shiny, glossy, lustrous, metallic, and silvery.
- Though at room temperature nickels physical state becomes a solid.
- Fifth most common element after iron, oxygen, silicon, and magnesium.
- Some of it's common uses of nickel are when its added to glass it turns green, nickel coating can be used as a protective layer for other types of metal, batteries, electronics, power tools, transports, and emergency power supplies.
In the United States there is only one nickel mine located in Riddle, Oregon. Most of the world's supply of nickel is mined and imported to other countries is in the Sudbury region of Ontario, Canada. Recycling nickel containing alloys is another way nickel is re-used. Inside meteorites, the earths core, or on the ocean floor in piles of minerals you can find nickel.
Nickel can also be used in compounds. Most common are making alloys and combining with steal and other metal products. It could also be found in common metal products like jewellery. Some compounds that nickel can be used in are:
Fluorides:
NiF2: nickel (II) fluoride
Chlorides:
NiCl2.6H2O: nickel (II) chloride 6-water
NiCl2: nickel (II) chloride
Natural State
Classified - metal
- Nickels appearance in it's pure form can be described as shiny, glossy, lustrous, metallic, and silvery.
- Though at room temperature nickels physical state becomes a solid.
- Fifth most common element after iron, oxygen, silicon, and magnesium.
- Some of it's common uses of nickel are when its added to glass it turns green, nickel coating can be used as a protective layer for other types of metal, batteries, electronics, power tools, transports, and emergency power supplies.
In the United States there is only one nickel mine located in Riddle, Oregon. Most of the world's supply of nickel is mined and imported to other countries is in the Sudbury region of Ontario, Canada. Recycling nickel containing alloys is another way nickel is re-used. Inside meteorites, the earths core, or on the ocean floor in piles of minerals you can find nickel.
Nickel can also be used in compounds. Most common are making alloys and combining with steal and other metal products. It could also be found in common metal products like jewellery. Some compounds that nickel can be used in are:
Fluorides:
NiF2: nickel (II) fluoride
Chlorides:
NiCl2.6H2O: nickel (II) chloride 6-water
NiCl2: nickel (II) chloride
Carbonyls
Ni(CO)4: nickel (O) carbonyl
Sulfides
NiS: nickel (II) sulphide
NiS2: nickel disulphide
Ni3S2: nickel sulphide
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